Softball Recap: Casteel Comes Up Short

Casteel came into their game on Monday off a hard-fought close win, but unfortunately suffered a serious change of fortune. They lost 7-1 to the Mountain Ridge Mountain Lions.

Casteel saw five different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was KJ Tipton, who went 1-for-2 with one triple and one RBI.

Casteel's loss was their fourth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 5-8. As for Mountain Ridge, they have been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight games. That's provided a nice bump to their 8-3 record this season.

Casteel will square off against Horizon at 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday. As for Mountain Ridge, they will take on Queen Creek in a tournament on Thursday.